Laundry cart



Feb. 24, 1948.

v. M. HUEY LAUNDRY CART 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed M8.I Ch 14, 1946 InventorVIRGIN/A M. Husy Feb.v24, 1948. I v. M. HUEY LAUNDRY .CART

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Inventor W a Attorneys Patented Feb. 24, i948 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE LAUNDRY c ar 7 Virginia M. Huey, Cleveland, Ohio ApplicationMarch'l l, 1946, Serial No. 654,414

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in cartsand more particularly to a laundry cart designed for supporting alaundry basket thereon to provide aconveyance' for the basket to easilytransport the-clothes from a laundry to a clothesline together with pinsfor securing the clothes upon the line.

An important object of the invention is to provide a cart of thischaracter including a frame adapted for adjustment in accordance withthe size of the basket supported thereon and in which the frame may befolded into a compact form for convenient storage purposes, when not inuse.

A further object of the invention isto provide a collapsible clothescart which is strong and durable, of relatively light weight, neat andattractive in appearance and which otherwise is well adapted for thepurposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view,

Figure 2 is a sideelevational view with parts broken away and shown insection,

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view,

Figure 4 is a top plan view showing the cart in folded position,

Figure 5 is a side elevational view thereof,

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on a line 6-6 of Figure 2,

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view of one ofthe adjustable legs and Figure 8' is a transverse sectional view takenon a line 88 of Figure 7.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein for purposes ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of invention thenumeral 3Claims. (Cl. 2803 1) 1 5 designates an open frame composed of aU- shaped tubular frame member 6 and a second U-shaped frame member Ihaving its ends slidably received in the ends of the frame member 6 toprovide for a longitudinal adjustment of the frame members 6 and 1relative to each other to increase or decrease the size of the frame.Set screws 5' in the frame member 6 are provided for locking the framemembers 5, 6 in different adjusted-positions relative to each other.

An inverted U-shaped bracket 8 is welded or otherwise fixedly secured tothe frame 5 adjacent each corner thereof and to which the upper ends oftubular legs 9 are pivotally attached bymea'ns of pins Hi, the legsbeing adapted for swinging longitudinallyunder the frame '5 into afolded position.

A pair of-pivoted braces II are pivotally at-I tached at one end to therespective legs at one end of the cart by means of pivot pins l2, thebraces having longitudinally spaced square notches l3 in their loweredges adjacent the free ends thereof and adapted for selectiveengagement with square pins l4 carried by the legs at the opposite endof the table whereby to secure the legs against folding movement and tosecure the frame 5 in its longitudinally adjusted position.

Slidably received in the lower ends of each of the legs 9 is a legextension [5 having rollers or casters l6 journaled at the lower endthereof. The extensions I5 are secured in vertically adjusted positionin the legs 9 by means of set screws l1 and extensions I5 are providedwith a scale l8 to indicate the position of vertical adjustment of thecart.

To one end of the frame 5 is pivotally attached a handle [9 by means ofwhich the cart may be manually moved from place to place and the frame 5of the cart is adapted to receive a clothes basket 20 therein wherebythe clothes may be. transported from a laundry to a clothesllne and thebasket supported in a desired elevated position to eliminate thenecessity of a laundress: bending over the clothes basket whileremovingthe clothes therefrom and while hanging the clothes on the line.

' When the cart is not inusethe free ends of the braces I I may bereleased from the pins M to permit folding of the legs 9 under the frame5 and the sections 6 and l of the frame may be contracted by sliding thesection 7 into section 6 to reduce the size thereof, or the sections 6and I of the frame may be separated from each other to store the cart ina compact form.

A clothespin bag 2| may be attached to one side of the frame 5.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described. a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as here- 3 in described and the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A folding cart comprising an open frame adapted to receive a baskettherein for supporting the basket on the frame, said frame embodyingextensible members, foldable legs attached to the frame for foldingthereagainst, and braces detachably connecting pairs of the legs to eachother against folding movement and securing the members of the;frame,inganq'adjustabiy lzextendedipoe sition,

2. A folding cart comprising an open frame adapted to receive a baskettherein for supporting the basket on the frame, said frame including asrpair of U-shaped members having their ends adjustably connected to eachother toliexpandr-eor contract the frame, foldable legs at,thecorners-oh the frame, and braces detachably connecting the legs ofone frame member to the legsl-ofther other frame member against foldingmovement andsecuring the frameiin,adiusted-positiont.

3.,A folding cart comprisingamopen frame, adapted to receive abaskettherein-lfcrw sup porting the basket on the frame, said frame-insends adjustably connected to. each other -to,-ex.o--

Number Name Date 1,286,298 I-Ialliburton Dec. 3, 1918 1,016,381 WatsonFeb. 6, 1912 1,6085419 Peacock Nov. 23, 1926 pand or contract the frame,vertically extensible legs pivoted at the corners of the frame forfolding against the frame, braces pivoted at one end to the legs of oneframe member and having longitudinally spaced notches in their loweredges, and pins projecting from the legs of the other frame memberselectively received in the notches of the braces.

VIRGINIA M. HUEY.

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